Investors in Env

Polytechnique Ventures is the seed fund of Ecole Polytechnique, established in 2020 and financed by the Alumni. We accompany and invest in startups emerging from Ecole Polytechnique's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Our mission is to identify companies that offer robust solutions to the challenges of transitioning to tomorrow's world. We support startups that originate from the Ecole Polytechnique ecosystem, whether founded by alumni, incubated at the school, or originating from its laboratories. Our investment strategy focuses on early-stage financing, co-investing with average initial tickets ranging from €250K to €500K in pre-seed and seed stages, followed by further investments in Series A (average ticket per company around €2.5m). We prioritize ambitious deep tech teams capable of transforming the industrial sectors they target. Our At Polytechnique Ventures, we uphold values of proximity, particularly with entrepreneurs and the Ecole Polytechnique community; experience through our Alumni network and the X community; and generosity from all stakeholders contributing to the community built around our fund.

Good Only Ventures, founded by 12 entrepreneurs and finance professionals with expertise in solidarity and venture capital, is committed to maximizing impact, transparency, and economic performance. Incorporated as a Mission Company, Good Only Ventures focuses exclusively on investing in developing companies at the Seed, Pre-Series A, and Series A stages that demonstrate real impact. Their investment decisions are guided by validation from six fully associated associations

Eiffel Investment Group is a third-party asset manager with ca €6 billion under management* with a focus on positive impact strategies and the financing of the ecological and energy transition. Eiffel Investment Group's investor base consists of large institutional investors (insurance companies, mutual insurers, pension funds, banks, family offices, public investors, etc.) as well as retail investors via intermediated distribution. Backed by the Impala group founded by entrepreneur Jacques Veyrat, Eiffel Investment Group cultivates a strong industrial expertise, in particular in the field of the energy transition, but also in the life sciences, agri-food and digital sectors. Eiffel finances companies and their assets through four main strategies: private debt, private equity, energy transition infrastructures and listed equities and credit. Eiffel Investment Group invests for a sustainable world. Its investment strategies aim to generate not only a strong financial performance but also positive social and environmental impacts. Eiffel Investment Group's team counts around 100 talented professionals*, in France (Paris), BeNeLux (Amsterdam), the United States of America (New York) and the UAE (Abu Dhabi). * as of 12/2023 ; for AUM, including uncalled commitments.

Space Bridge Fund is a public-private instrument for financing technologies at an early stage of development, combining private capital investment with a non-refundable public grant. SBF is a BRIdge Alpha fund investing in start-up companies implementing R&D projects in Proof of Concept and Proof of Principle phases.

Fond fondov was established by the National Agency for Development of Small and Medium sized enterprises uback in 1994 to manage the Start-up Capital Fund financed by the National PHARE Programme. The fund's resources facilitated the foundation and development of many small and medium-sized enterprises. Fond fondov was a Bratislava, Slovakia based venture capital firm. The firm invested in the sectors including software, logistics and environmental services.

Fond FIT: Venture capital fund supporting innovative projects and fostering entrepreneurship for a more innovative economy. Venture capital fund focused on projects in: Seed Stage, Startup Stage, Growth Stage and/or Expansion. The mission of the Innovation and Technology Fund is to support business initiatives in the form of providing risk capital and thus develop business, employment and the economy towards an innovative economy. It was created as a response to the emerging demand for venture capital to support entrepreneurs with ideas and is the result of cooperation between the Slovak Business Agency (SBA) and investors.

The Renaissance Group began its operations in Central Europe in 1994. Its roots, however, date back to the late 1950s, when Franklin Pitch Johnson, as one of the forerunners, through his investment activities in the USA, defined a new financial industry called Venture Capital . After the political transformation in Central Europe, a group of experienced businessmen, with Johnson's support, established the European Renaissance Capital Fund, which - together with associated entities - was one of the first to start investment operations in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The year 2000, with the establishment of the second Fund, European Renaissance Capital II, brought further development to the Renaissance Group.

KOMPAS VC is a specialist early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, and Tel Aviv. We back innovative and scalable technology solutions that reduce emissions, increase productivity, and strengthen business resilience in the built environment an the manufacturing industry. Fund I (€135m) targets late Seed and Series A hardware and technology companies in Europe, Israel and the US. We solve key innovation challenges by partnering closely with industry leaders to identify, validate and scale cutting-edge technology solutions.

At noa vc (formerly A/O), we’re building Europe’s largest tech fund dedicated to transforming the built world. We believe the built world is more than just physical infrastructure: it is a manifestation of human ingenuity and a reflection of societal values. We call it humanity’s OS. noa invests in pioneering founders and breakthrough technologies that decarbonise the built world. We're backing tech that matters.

In a nutshell, Commercialization Reactor is a platform with a mission to commercialize science via a specific paradigm: Bring Scientists and Entrepreneurs together to co-create Deep-Tech startup aimed to commercialize the Core Competence of the Scientific Team. The Entrepreneurs become responsible to fulfill business leadership-related activities, taking into a full-time focus and Scientists focus exclusively on their core competence and inhale their knowledge and skills into a product or service that Entrepreneurial Team sets as a vector for business development strategy. This paradigm of commercialization together with over 10 years of experience in creating, pre-incubating and accelerating startups currently resulted in over 100 fully-formed Science-based startup companies born in CR. Most of those received investments are from various venture funds across the globe. Ultimately, this leads to unique Science-based startup creation and performance scoring methodology that is a core know-how of Commercialization Reactor. The methodology is proven successful by a fact of an exit, which already is in the arsenal of achievements of the CR Team.

Founded by two childhood friends, Régis Micheli and Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet, who turned entrepreneurs and investors, JuneX Capital Partners is a founder-centric investment firm integrating a “Founders Office” and an evergreen investment fund. JuneX’s investment strategy focuses on backing entrepreneurs in the areas of human capital (training, education, employment, health, nutrition, and environment) and investment management (venture capital, private equity, and asset management). Working closely with entrepreneurs, JuneX provides a range of patient and agile capital solutions tailored to founders’ needs. Moreover, in specific situations, it may offer operational and advisory support as an operating or sparring partner. JuneX invests mostly, but not exclusively, in Europe and operates out of the UK and France.

The Vesna’s mission is to invest into deep tech projects and startups that will help solve our planet’s most urgent problems or tackle them in a more efficient and innovative way. We start at TRL4 on and are not stopping when it comes to growth. We will do this by accessing cutting-edge technologies through our core partnerships with research institutions, and transfer these technologies out to commercially viable products in companies/start-ups by our investment strategy that is in a light of our hands-on startup know-how and full investment lifecycles. Portfolio companies will closely work with industry partners and expert network, especially our Advisors to shape their best path to success.